Quinola
Zounds!
Monipodio Thirty rascals built like those fellows eat as much as sixty ordinary men.
Quinola
Quinola and Company have failed, and I am a fugitive!
Monipodio
From protests?
Quinola Stupid! They want me bodily. Fortunately, I have two or three suits of old clothes which may serve to deliver Quinola from the clutches of the keenest sleuths, until I can make payment.
Monipodio
Payment? That is folly.
Quinola Yes, I have kept a little nest-egg against our thirst. Put on that ragbag of the begging friar and go to Lothundiaz and have a talk with the duenna.
Monipodio Alas! Lopez has returned from Algeria so often that our dear duenna begins to suspect us.
Quinola I merely wish her to carry this letter to Senorita Marie Lothundiaz (handing a letter). It is a masterpiece of eloquence, inspired by that which inspires all masterpieces. See! We have been living for ten days on bread and water.
Monipodio And what could we look for? To eat ortolans? If our men had expected fine fare they would have struck long ago.